English
hoodwort
From hood + wort.
Proto-Germanic *hōdaz ‘shelter’
Proto-West Germanic *hōd
Old English hōd
Middle English hood ‘a hood as a symbol of rank’
English hood
Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘a root’
Proto-Germanic *wrōts ‘a root’
Proto-West Germanic *wurti ‘a root’
Old English wyrt ‘a plant’
Middle English wort ‘any herb or plant’
English wort
Today it means
noun A plant, Scutellaria galericulata, the common skullcap.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hoodwort